LOUISIANA OIL SPILL

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Administrative Record Index
Calcasieu River Damage Assessment
LA2006_0621_0846
  1. 1 Case Administration, Laws, and Regulations
    1. 1.1 Oil Pollution Act (OPA)
    2. 1.2 Louisiana Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act (OSPRA)
    3. 1.3 OPA Regulations (Federal NRDA Regulations)
    4. 1.4 OSPRA Regulations (State NRDA Regulations)
  2. 2 Legal Notices
    1. 2.1 Notice of Intent to Conduct Restoration Planning
      1. 2.1.1 Published in the Louisiana Register 10/20/2014
      2. 2.1.2 Published in the Baton Rouge Advocate 10/20/2014
      3. 2.1.3 Published in the Lake Charles American Press 10/20/2014
    2. 2.2 Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree 06/24/2021
    3. 2.3 Notice of Availability of Consent Decree
      1. 2.3.1 Published in the Louisiana Register 07/20/2021
      2. 2.3.2 Published in the Baton Rouge Advocate 07/15/2021
      3. 2.3.3 Published in the Lake Charles American Press 07/20/2021
    4. 2.4 Notice of Availability of Draft Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan/Environmental Assessment
      1. 2.4.1 Published in the Louisiana Register on 10/20/2021
      2. 2.4.2 Published in the Baton Rouge Advocate on 10/20/2021
      3. 2.4.3 Published in the Lake Charles American Press on 10/20/2021
      4. 2.4.4 Published in the Houma Courier on 10/20/2021
  3. 3 Response
    1. 3.1 Spill Notifications
      1. 3.1.1 National Response Center (NRC) Incident Reports
        1. 3.1.1.1 NRC #801172
        2. 3.1.1.2 NRC #801443
        3. 3.1.1.3 NRC #801451
        4. 3.1.1.4 NRC #801455
        5. 3.1.1.5 NRC #801682
        6. 3.1.1.6 NRC #801738
      2. 3.1.2 Louisiana State Police (LSP) Incident Forms
        1. 3.1.2.1 LSP #06-03948
        2. 3.1.2.2 LSP #06-03952
        3. 3.1.2.3 LSP #06-03986
    2. 3.2 Response Photo Contact Sheets
      1. 3.2.1 Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) Site Visit and Overflight Photos
        1. 3.2.1.1 LDEQ Visit, 06/26/2006
        2. 3.2.1.2 LDEQ Visit, 06/28/2006
        3. 3.2.1.3 LDEQ Visit, 06/30/2006
        4. 3.2.1.4 LDEQ Visit, 07/01/2006
        5. 3.2.1.5 LDEQ Visit, 07/04/2006
        6. 3.2.1.6 LDEQ Visit, 07/05/2006
        7. 3.2.1.7 LDEQ Visit, 07/06/2006
        8. 3.2.1.8 LDEQ Visit, 07/07/2006
        9. 3.2.1.9 LDEQ Visit, 07/11/2006
        10. 3.2.1.10 LDEQ Visit, 07/12/2006
        11. 3.2.1.11 LDEQ Visit, 07/13/2006
        12. 3.2.1.12 LDEQ Visit, 07/14/2006
        13. 3.2.1.13 LDEQ Visit, 07/18/2006
        14. 3.2.1.14 LDEQ Visit, 07/19/2006
        15. 3.2.1.15 LDEQ Visit, 07/20/2006
        16. 3.2.1.16 LDEQ Visit, 07/21/2006
        17. 3.2.1.17 LDEQ Visit, 07/28/2006
      2. 3.2.2 Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office (LOSCO) Site Visit Photos
        1. 3.2.2.1 LOSCO Visit, 06/26/2006
        2. 3.2.2.2 LOSCO Visit, 06/27/2006
        3. 3.2.2.3 LOSCO Visit, 06/28/2006
        4. 3.2.2.4 LOSCO Visit, 07/04/2006
        5. 3.2.2.5 LOSCO Visit, 07/19/2006
        6. 3.2.2.6 LOSCO Visit, 07/20/2006
        7. 3.2.2.7 LOSCO Visit, 07/21/2006
        8. 3.2.2.8 LOSCO Visit, 08/14/2006
        9. 3.2.2.9 LOSCO Visit, 09/20/2006
      3. 3.2.3 United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Photos
        1. 3.2.3.1 USFWS Visit, 06/27/2006
        2. 3.2.3.2 USFWS Visit, 07/04/2006
      4. 3.2.4 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Photos
        1. 3.2.4.1 NOAA Visit, 06/22/2006
        2. 3.2.4.2 NOAA Visit, 06/23/2006
        3. 3.2.4.3 NOAA Visit, 06/24/2006
        4. 3.2.4.4 NOAA Visit, 06/25/2006
        5. 3.2.4.5 NOAA Visit, 06/26/2006
        6. 3.2.4.6 NOAA Visit, 06/27/2006
        7. 3.2.4.7 NOAA Visit, 06/28/2006
        8. 3.2.4.8 NOAA Visit, 06/29/2006
        9. 3.2.4.9 NOAA Visit, 06/30/2006
        10. 3.2.4.10 NOAA Visit, 07/02/2006
        11. 3.2.4.11 NOAA Visit, 07/04/2006
        12. 3.2.4.12 NOAA Visit, 07/05/2006
        13. 3.2.4.13 NOAA Visit, 07/06/2006
        14. 3.2.4.14 NOAA Visit, 07/07/2006
      5. 3.2.5 NOAA and USFWS Photos, 06/22/2006 – 07/02/2006
      6. 3.2.6 CITGO Photos, 06/25/06
      7. 3.2.7 Research Planning Inc (RPI) Operations Monitoring Photos, 07/05/2006
      8. 3.2.8 Unknown Source Photos, 07/04/06-07/05/06
    3. 3.3 Incident Action Plans (IAP’s)
      1. 3.3.1 IAP 06/21/2006 to 06/22/2006
      2. 3.3.2 IAP 06/22/2006 to 06/22/2006
      3. 3.3.3 IAP 06/23/2006 to 06/23/2006
      4. 3.3.4 IAP 06/23/2006 to 06/24/2006
      5. 3.3.5 IAP 06/25/2006 to 06/26/2006
      6. 3.3.6 IAP 06/26/2006 to 06/27/2006
      7. 3.3.7 IAP 06/27/2006 to 06/28/2006
      8. 3.3.8 IAP 06/28/2006 to 06/29/2006
      9. 3.3.9 IAP 06/29/2006 to 06/30/2006
      10. 3.3.10 IAP 06/30/2006 to 07/01/2006
      11. 3.3.11 IAP 07/01/2006 to 07/02/2006
      12. 3.3.12 IAP 07/02/2006 to 07/03/2006
      13. 3.3.13 IAP 07/03/2006 to 07/06/2006
      14. 3.3.14 IAP 07/06/2006 to Project Completion
    4. 3.4 NOAA Resources at Risk Summary ICS232-OS
    5. 3.5 Analytical Reports
      1. 3.5.1 Surface Water Data
        1. 3.5.1.1 Surface Water Collection Maps and Alkane and Aromatic Analyte Data (Samples 2N6177-02 – 2N6177-11)
        2. 3.5.1.2 Alkane and Aromatic Analyte Data (Samples 2N6181-01 – 2N6181-09)
        3. 3.5.1.3 TPH Data Report 06-1677
        4. 3.5.1.4 TPH Data Report 06-1683
        5. 3.5.1.5 TPH Data Report 06-1712
        6. 3.5.1.6 BTEX Data Report 06-1677
        7. 3.5.1.7 PAH Water Data Graphs (Samples ETX6549 - ETX6558) and Report 06-1712
      2. 3.5.2 Preliminary Chemical Characterization of Slop Oil by NOAA, 06/26/2006
      3. 3.5.3 CITGO Oil Samples Gas Chromatography and Gas Spectrometry (GC-MS) Chromatographs, 07/03/2006 and 08/05/2006
      4. 3.5.4 Louisiana State University GC-MS Analysis of CITGO Slop Oil Sample, 07/06/2006
    6. 3.6 Shoreline Cleanup Operation Weekly Reports
      1. 3.6.1 Shoreline Cleanup Operation Weekly Report, 07/14/2006
      2. 3.6.2 Shoreline Cleanup Operation Weekly Report, 07/21/2006
      3. 3.6.3 Shoreline Cleanup Operation Weekly Report, 07/28/2006
      4. 3.6.4 Shoreline Cleanup Operation Weekly Report, 08/04/2006
      5. 3.6.5 Shoreline Cleanup Operation Weekly Report, 08/11/2006
      6. 3.6.6 Shoreline Cleanup Operation Weekly Report, 08/18/2006
      7. 3.6.7 Shoreline Cleanup Operation Weekly Report, 08/25/2006
      8. 3.6.8 Shoreline Cleanup Operation Weekly Report, 09/01/2006
      9. 3.6.9 Shoreline Cleanup Operation Weekly Report, 09/08/2006
      10. 3.6.10 Shoreline Cleanup Operation Weekly Report, 09/15/2006
      11. 3.6.11 Shoreline Cleanup Operation Weekly Report, 09/22/2006
      12. 3.6.12 Shoreline Cleanup Operation Weekly Report, 09/29/2006
      13. 3.6.13 Shoreline Cleanup Operation Weekly Report, 10/06/2006
      14. 3.6.14 Shoreline Cleanup Operation Weekly Report, 10/20/2006
      15. 3.6.15 Shoreline Cleanup Operation Weekly Report, 10/27/2006
      16. 3.6.16 Shoreline Cleanup Operation Weekly Report, 11/03/2006
      17. 3.6.17 Shoreline Cleanup Operation Weekly Report, 11/10/2006
      18. 3.6.18 Shoreline Cleanup Operation Weekly Report, 11/17/2006
      19. 3.6.19 Shoreline Cleanup Operation Weekly Report, 12/01/2006
      20. 3.6.20 Shoreline Cleanup Operation Weekly Report, 12/08/2006
      21. 3.6.21 Shoreline Cleanup Operation Weekly Report, 12/15/2006
    7. 3.7 NOAA Situation Update Reports (06/21/2006-07/08/2006; and 04/03/2009)
    8. 3.8 NOAA Overflight Maps 06/23/2006 – 07/03/2006
    9. 3.9 Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Team (SCAT) Forms, Reports, and Photos
      1. 3.9.1 Short Shoreline Assessment Forms
        1. 3.9.1.1 June 2006
        2. 3.9.1.2 July 2006
      2. 3.9.2 Summaries and Reports
        1. 3.9.2.1 06/27/2006 Team Reports
        2. 3.9.2.2 06/28/2006 Team Reports
        3. 3.9.2.3 06/29/2006 Team Reports
        4. 3.9.2.4 SCAT Summary and Maps 06/28/2006-06/29/2006
        5. 3.9.2.5 Revised Shoreline Cleanup Plan, 07/05/2006
      3. 3.9.3 SCAT Photos, 06/30/2006-07/07/2006
      4. 3.9.4 Habitat Types for SCAT and Shoreline Analysis, 06/24/2006
    10. 3.10 Wildlife Rehab & Education, Inc. End of Day Reports, 06/22/2006-07/08/2006
    11. 3.11 Oiled Birds Compiled Observations 06/22/2006-07/01/2007
    12. 3.12 Marine Mammal Stranding Documents
    13. 3.13 News Releases
      1. 3.13.1 Joint Information Center, Joint News Release: Update: Oil Spill Cleanup Continues on Calcasieu Ship Channel, 06/26/2006
      2. 3.13.2 CITGO Oil Spill Update, 06/27/2006
      3. 3.13.3 Community Advisory: Safety Zone, Health Information, Claims Numbers, Online Information, 06/27/2006
      4. 3.13.4 Community Advisory: Safety Zone, Health Information, Claims Numbers, Online Information, 06/28/2006
      5. 3.13.5 Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Public Health Recommendations for Recreational Activities in the Calcasieu Estuary, 06/28/2006
      6. 3.13.6 Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Public Health Recommendations for Recreational Activities in the Calcasieu Estuary, 06/29/2006
      7. 3.13.7 Community Advisory: Safety Zone, Advisory to Boaters, Health Information, Claims Numbers, Online Information, 06/30/2006
      8. 3.13.8 Joint Information Center, Joint News Release: Prien Lake, IWC Opens to Recreational Traffic, Commercial Traffic to Transit at Night, 07/01/2006
      9. 3.13.9 Joint Information Center, Joint News Release: Coast Guard Reduces Safety Zone in Calcasieu Ship Channel, 07/02/2006
    14. 3.14 CITGO Transition Plan from Emergency Response to Long-Term Remediation
    15. 3.15 Unified Command Executive Summaries
      1. 3.15.1 Unified Command Executive Summaries, 06/2006
      2. 3.15.2 Unified Command Executive Summaries, 07/2006
      3. 3.15.3 Unified Command Executive Summaries, 08/2006
      4. 3.15.4 Unified Command Executive Summaries, 09/2006
      5. 3.15.5 Unified Command Executive Summary, 10/27/2006
      6. 3.15.6 Unified Command Executive Summary, 11/30/2006
      7. 3.15.7 Unified Command Executive Summary, 12/29/2006
      8. 3.15.8 Unified Command Executive Summary, 02/02/2007
  4. 4 Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Preassessment and Injury Assessment Phase Information
    1. 4.1 Invitation to the Responsible Party to Participate in the NRDA Process, 08/28/2006
    2. 4.2 Acceptance from the Responsible Party to Participate in the NRDA Process, 09/26/2006
    3. 4.3 Responsible Party and Trustee Correspondence
      1. 4.3.1 10/12/2006 Meeting Summary, Sign in, Agenda
      2. 4.3.2 10/26/2006 CITGO Recreational Loss Call Summary
      3. 4.3.3 11/08/2006 CITGO Recreational Loss Call Summary
      4. 4.3.4 11/16/2006 CITGO Recreational Loss Call Summary
      5. 4.3.5 11/29/2006 CITGO Recreational Loss Call Summary
      6. 4.3.6 11/30/2006 Meeting Information; Agenda and ENTRIX PowerPoint Slides
      7. 4.3.7 01/22/2007 Letter from CITGO to Trustees regarding Specific Tasks to be Completed First Quarter 2007
      8. 4.3.8 02/08/2007 CITGO Recreational Loss Call Summary
      9. 4.3.9 03/01/2007 CITGO Recreational Loss Call Summary
      10. 4.3.10 03/14/2007 Meeting Minutes and ENTRIX PowerPoint Slides
      11. 4.3.11 03/22/2007 CITGO Recreational Loss Call Summary
      12. 4.3.12 04/17/2007 CITGO Recreational Loss Call Summary
      13. 4.3.13 05/08/2007 CITGO Recreational Loss Call Summary
      14. 4.3.14 06/04/2007 CITGO Recreational Loss Call Summary
      15. 4.3.15 06/07/2007 Conference Call Minutes from ENTRIX
      16. 4.3.16 06/15/2007 Letter from Trustees to CITGO regarding Water Column Model Input Report
      17. 4.3.17 06/29/2007 Letter from ENTRIX to Trustees with Comments on Conceptual Plan for Determining Ecological Service Losses in Bed Sediments and Surface Water
      18. 4.3.18 07/09/2007 CITGO Recreational Loss Call Summary
      19. 4.3.19 08/17/2007 Letter from Trustees to CITGO regarding Trustee comments to the Proposed Emergency Restoration Plan
      20. 4.3.20 08/23/2007 Meeting Minutes and PowerPoint Presentation from ENTRIX, and Trustee Response to Questions from meeting
      21. 4.3.21 08/29/2007 CITGO Recreational Loss Call Summary
      22. 4.3.22 09/05/2007 Summary of Transport Fate and Effects Modeling Technical Phone Call
      23. 4.3.23 11/28/2007 Summary of Transport Fate and Effects Modeling Technical Phone Call
      24. 4.3.24 01/09/2008 Summary of Transport Fate and Effects Modeling Technical Phone Call
      25. 4.3.25 02/07/2008 Summary of Transport Fate and Effects Modeling Technical Phone Call
      26. 4.3.26 02/20/2008 Meeting Summary and Appendices
      27. 4.3.27 04/24/2008 Summary of Transport Fate and Effects Modeling Technical Phone Call
      28. 4.3.28 05/14/2008 Meeting Summary and Appendices
      29. 4.3.29 06/06/2008 Call Summary of Transport Fate and Effects Modeling Technical Phone Call
      30. 4.3.30 09/25/2008 Trustee letter to CITGO regarding list of technical documents that need to be finalized for the AR & Impasse Discussions
      31. 4.3.31 10/02/2008 Meeting Summary and Appendices
      32. 4.3.32 10/14/2008 Bird Injury Call Summary
      33. 4.3.33 11/10/2008 Response from CITGO to Trustees regarding Technical documents that need to be finalized for the AR & Impasse Discussions
      34. 4.3.34 02/04/2009 REA Call Summary
      35. 4.3.35 04/18/2011 Email from CITGO to Trustees regarding continuation of NRDA process
      36. 4.3.36 04/27/2011 Email response from DOJ to CITGO regarding continuation of NRDA process
      37. 4.3.37 09/24/2013 Memo from CITGO to Trustees regarding status of NRDA
      38. 4.3.38 10/02/2013 Email from Trustees to CITGO regarding continuation of NRDA process and upcoming meeting
      39. 4.3.39 11/08/2013 Letter from Trustees to CITGO responding to 09/24/2013 memo and requesting meeting on 01/23/2014
      40. 4.3.40 11/27/2013 Letter from CITGO to Trustees confirming availability to meet on 01/23/2014 to discuss injury assessment and attached memos
      41. 4.3.41 01/23/2014 Meeting Summary with Attachments
      42. 4.3.42 03/20/2015 Letter from CITGO to Trustees following up on the 12/2014 NRDA telephone call
      43. 4.3.43 11/02/2018 Meeting agenda and sign in sheets
      44. 4.3.44 03/08/2019 Sign in sheet
      45. 4.3.45 05/14/2019 Sign in sheet
    4. 4.4 NRDA Updates from NOAA
      1. 4.4.1 06/25/2006
      2. 4.4.2 06/27/2006
      3. 4.4.3 06/28/2006
      4. 4.4.4 07/08/2006
      5. 4.4.5 07/18/2006
      6. 4.4.6 07/22/2006
      7. 4.4.7 07/28/2006
    5. 4.5 Injury Assessment Documents
      1. 4.5.1 Pre-Assessment Shoreline Oiling Survey Datasheets
        1. 4.5.1.1 07/04/2006
        2. 4.5.1.2 07/05/2006
        3. 4.5.1.3 07/06/2006
        4. 4.5.1.4 07/07/2006
        5. 4.5.1.5 07/11/2006
        6. 4.5.1.6 07/12/2006
        7. 4.5.1.7 07/13/2006
        8. 4.5.1.8 07/14/2006
        9. 4.5.1.9 07/18/2006
        10. 4.5.1.10 07/19/2006
        11. 4.5.1.11 07/20/2006
        12. 4.5.1.12 07/21/2006
        13. 4.5.1.13 07/25/2006
        14. 4.5.1.14 07/27/2006
        15. 4.5.1.15 07/28/2006
        16. 4.5.1.16 08/01/2006
        17. 4.5.1.17 08/02/2006
        18. 4.5.1.18 08/03/2006
        19. 4.5.1.19 08/04/2006
        20. 4.5.1.20 08/09/2006
        21. 4.5.1.21 08/30/2006
        22. 4.5.1.22 08/31/2006
      2. 4.5.2 Marsh Injury Assessment
        1. 4.5.2.1 Monitoring Photos, Datasheets
          1. 4.5.2.1.1 August 2006
          2. 4.5.2.1.2 October 2006
          3. 4.5.2.1.3 April 2007
          4. 4.5.2.1.4 October 2007
          5. 4.5.2.1.5 April 2008
          6. 4.5.2.1.6 October 2008
          7. 4.5.2.1.7 April 2009
        2. 4.5.2.2 Compiled Monitoring Tabular Data
          1. 4.5.2.2.1 Vegetation data tabular
          2. 4.5.2.2.2 Erosion data tabular
          3. 4.5.2.2.3 Monitoring data by station August 2006 – October 2008
            1. 4.5.2.2.3.1 CR-1 – CR-6
            2. 4.5.2.2.3.2 FD-1 – FD-8
            3. 4.5.2.2.3.3 FN-1 – FN-7
            4. 4.5.2.2.3.4 FR-1 – FR-8
            5. 4.5.2.2.3.5 FS-1 – FS-6
            6. 4.5.2.2.3.6 NN-1 – NN-8
            7. 4.5.2.2.3.7 R-1 – R-8
        3. 4.5.2.3 Trustee Memo: Assessment of Marsh Shoreline Erosion and Recession Injury
      3. 4.5.3 Water Column Injury Assessment
        1. 4.5.3.1 02/27/2009 Final Report to Trustees from Applied Science Associates: Modeling of Physical Fates and Biological Injuries to Subtidal Aquatic Organisms
        2. 4.5.3.2 12/10/2009 Expert Report on the Transport, Fate, and Effects of the CITGO Spill by RPI, Jaqueline Michel, for USDOJ
        3. 4.5.3.3 Clean Water Act Trial Court Judgment, United States v. Citgo Petroleum Corp., No. CV 08-893, 2011 WL 13047364, at *4 (W.D. La. Sept. 29, 2011)
      4. 4.5.4 Bird Injury Assessment
        1. 4.5.4.1 11/25/2008 Draft REA Recommendations from CITGO
        2. 4.5.4.2 02/19/2009 Trustee Response to Draft CITGO REA Recommendations dated 11/25/2008
      5. 4.5.5 Shallow Subtidal & Intertidal Habitat Injury Assessment
        1. 4.5.5.1 Sampling and Analysis Plan
          1. 4.5.5.1.1 08/2006 Draft Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP): 2006 Sediment and Biota Sampling Program for the Calcasieu Estuary, MacDonald Environmental Sciences
          2. 4.5.5.1.2 Appendices to QAPP
          3. 4.5.5.1.3 Health and Safety Plan for the 2006 Sediment and Tissue Sampling Program
          4. 4.5.5.1.4 11/2006 Draft Final Field Sampling Plan for the 2006 Sediment and Biota Sampling Program
            1. 4.5.5.1.4.1 07-08/2006 Fingerprint Sediment Sampling Field Sheets
            2. 4.5.5.1.4.2 Sediment Sampling Station Ortho Maps
            3. 4.5.5.1.4.3 09/2006 Sampling Station Marking Forms
            4. 4.5.5.1.4.4 09/2006 Sediment and Biota Data Collection Forms
            5. 4.5.5.1.4.5 Sediment Sampling Photos 09/11/2006 – 09/21/2006
            6. 4.5.5.1.4.6 Bivalve-Tissue Sampling Station Ortho Maps
            7. 4.5.5.1.4.7 Bivalve-Tissue Sampling Photos 09/12/2006 – 09/20/2006
        2. 4.5.5.2 Columbia Environmental Research Center Toxicity Study Outline, 10/04/2006
        3. 4.5.5.3 Levelton Analytical Services Certificate of Analysis and Report – Sediment Chemistry, 10/24/2006
        4. 4.5.5.4 TDI-Brooks International, Inc. Technical Reports
          1. 4.5.5.4.1 Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in a Product Sample, 11/04/2006
          2. 4.5.5.4.2 Determination of Grain Size and Total Organic Carbon in Sediment Samples, 11/22/2006
          3. 4.5.5.4.3 Determination of PAHs in Tissue Samples (Fiddler Crabs and Snails), 12/29/2006
          4. 4.5.5.4.4 Determination of Aliphatic Hydrocarbons, Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons, and PAHs in Sediment Samples
            1. 4.5.5.4.4.1 Batch 1520, 11/14/2006
            2. 4.5.5.4.4.2 Batch 1522, 11/14/2006
            3. 4.5.5.4.4.3 Batch 1528, 12/21/2006
            4. 4.5.5.4.4.4 Batch 1530, 11/22/2006
            5. 4.5.5.4.4.5 Batch 1531, 11/30/2006
            6. 4.5.5.4.4.6 Batch 1533, 12/05/2006
            7. 4.5.5.4.4.7 Batch 1536, 12/13/2006
            8. 4.5.5.4.4.8 Batch 1538, 12/27/2006
            9. 4.5.5.4.4.9 Batch 1557, 12/26/2006
            10. 4.5.5.4.4.10 Batch 1566, 12/26/2006
          5. 4.5.5.4.5 Determination of PAHs in Bivalve Tissue Samples
            1. 4.5.5.4.5.1 Batch 1558, 12/26/2006
            2. 4.5.5.4.5.2 Batch 1561, 12/28/2006
            3. 4.5.5.4.5.3 Batch 1570, 12/30/2006
        5. 4.5.5.5 Columbia Environmental Research Center Report: Toxicity test results: survival and growth of Hyalella azteca, 02/06/2007
        6. 4.5.5.6 List of 34 PAHs used by the USEPA in the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program, 03/16/2007
        7. 4.5.5.7 GC-MS Chromatographs, 01/17/2008-1/18/2008
        8. 4.5.5.8 05/2008 Preliminary Evaluation of the Toxicity of Field-Collected Sediments, by MacDonald Environmental Sciences, USGS, NOAA
        9. 4.5.5.9 10/2008 Estimate of Sediment and Shoreline Injury by ENTRIX
      6. 4.5.6 Public/Recreational Use Injury Assessment
        1. 4.5.6.1 Public/Recreational Use Survey Questionnaire & Maps
        2. 4.5.6.2 Public Use Survey Datasheets
        3. 4.5.6.3 DRAFT Recreational Lost Use Assessment Report by Entrix and NOAA, 11/11/2008
        4. 4.5.6.4 Update to Recreational Lost Use Assessment Report by NOAA, 03/24/2021
    6. 4.6 General Reference Literature
      1. 4.6.1 Abt Associates, Inc. 2015. Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment: Quantifying Potential Exposures of Birds to Deepwater Horizon Oil in Louisiana Coastal Marsh Habitats Technical Report, Draft. Prepared for the State of Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. 11pp.
      2. 4.6.2 American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). 2007. Standard test method for measuring the toxicity of sediment-associated contaminants with freshwater invertebrates (E1706-00). In ASTM Annual Book of Standards, Vol. 11.05, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
      3. 4.6.3 API. 2009. Assessment of beached bird modeling methods. Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Department API Publication 355. May 2009.
      4. 4.6.4 Baggett, L.P, S.P. Powers, R. Brumbaugh, L.D. Coen, B DeAngelis, J.K. Greene, B. Hancock, and S. Morlock. 2014. Oyster Habitat Restoration Monitoring and Assessment Handbook. The Nature Conservancy. 96pp.
      5. 4.6.5 Baker. 2006. Health and Safety Plan for the 2006 Sediment and Tissue Sampling Program of the Calcasieu Estuary.
      6. 4.6.6 Buchman, M.F. 2008. NOAA Screening Quick Reference Tables, NOAA OR&R Report 08-1, Seattle, WA, Office of Response and Restoration Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 34pp.
      7. 4.6.7 Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana, 2017. Louisiana’s 2017 Coastal Master Plan. Baton Rouge, LA. 184pp.
      8. 4.6.8 Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). 1997. Environmental Justice: Guidance Under the National Environmental Policy Act. 34pp.
      9. 4.6.9 Couvillion, B.R., H. Beck, D. Schoolmaster, and M. Fischer. 2017. Land area change in coastal Louisiana 1932 to 2016: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3381, 16p.
      10. 4.6.10 Darnell, T.M. and E.H. Smith. 2004. Avian use of natural and created salt marsh in Texas, USA. Waterbirds 27:355-361.
      11. 4.6.11 Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees. 2016. Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Final Programmatic Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan and Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement.
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  5. 5 Restoration Planning
    1. 5.1 Restoration Plans
      1. 5.1.1 Draft Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for 2006 Calcasieu River Oil Spill, October 2021
      2. 5.1.2 Final Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for 2006 Calcasieu River Oil Spill, January 2022
    2. 5.2 Settlement
      1. 5.2.1 Consent Decree for Natural Resource Damages, August 2021
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